Secret Ops: Ty's Revenge

by Kim Vanderpool

  “Okay.”

  I leave the hospital feeling a little better, but not much. I’m afraid that Lazarus is going to give up. I won’t let my best friend do that. We have had each other’s backs and now is no different. In a way he saved my life that night. So now I’m going to save his. So to speak. I’m not going to let him think negative. I will push him until he either punches my lights out or walks.

  After kissing both my girls I head to Mexico. I finally get my chance at revenge. Once I land Tango picks me up. We head straight to the base. Walking in the little room where William is being held, Tango has him in a chair and blind folded. All the tools are lying in perfect order. “Hello William.” I make my presents known.

  “Ty.” He swallows hard.

  Walking over to him, I punch him in the jaw.” That’s for lying to me.” Holding his hand still, even though it’s tied. I take a knife placing it on his index finger and press, not enough to cut him, but enough to let him know what’s going to happen.

  “I know how this works, Ty.” He laughs.

  “Do you?” I press a little harder.

  “You won’t do it.”

  “Your right I won’t.” I lay the knife down. I motion Tango over, we stand William up tying his hands to the hook that hangs down from the ceiling. I use William as a punching bag. I know I’ve broken a few ribs. Taking the clamps we have electrically charged I clamp them to his belt buckle. “Let me know when you want to talk.” I give him a small little surge. He jerks hard against his restraints. “That’s for my woman.” I let him catch his breath for only a second then give him another one. This time I crank up the charge. “That’s for my daughter.” I do this over and over cranking up the charge a little more. William screams.

  “Fuck you, Ty.” He grits though his teeth.

  Taking a wet cloths splashing water all over him I give him another surge. “That’s for Lazarus.” I beat and punch him until Tango makes me stop.

  “Can’t kill him, Ty.”

  I want to so bad. “I just want you to know Lazarus won’t be so kind.” William doesn’t say a word. He knows this is for real and play time is over.

  Chapter 32

  It’s been ten months and Lazarus is still struggling with the terms of being in a wheel chair. He is staying with Jessica, Sara and me. I’ve hired him a sexy little nurse. She flirts with him and him with her. Sylvia comes by often to talk to him. I’m so damn glad she does. Sara sits in his lap while he wheels them around in the house. They laugh and giggle, but I can tell underneath all that he is depressed. I don’t know what to do. I push and push and yes he has punched me in the face giving me a black eye. Of course Jessica made it feel all better.

  “Look at this?” I say coming into the work out room where the nurse is exercising Lazarus legs. Her tight top is giving him a show.

  “Not now.” His eyes don’t move from her breast.

  “It’s some new detail.” I taunt him.

  “Hold on.” He raises himself up to a sitting position.

  The nurse stops for a moment. I bring the file over that we have been working on since Leo and Sophia stole it from William. I hand Lazarus a picture of a guy we have never seen before.

  “Who is he?” He looks closely at the picture.

  “Don’t know. He hasn’t been seen before.” I keep Lazarus In the loop. Just because he can’t walk doesn’t mean he can’t help.

  “Want me to run him?”

  “That’s Mr. Franco. I took care of his mother while she was sick a few years ago.” The nurse says out of the blue.

  “What?” Lazarus asks.

  “Mr. Franco. He wasn’t nice. He brought a lot of women in. None of them stayed long. He’s a violent man, he would treat those women like animals.” She sits beside Lazarus flipping her blonde hair over her shoulder. Staring at the picture.

  “How long did you work for him?” Lazarus asks her.

  “A year.”

  Lazarus and I both look at each other. She just may hold all the information on this man. “Honey you just earned yourself a bonus.” I say off handily.

  Jessica clears her throat. “Ty. May I speak with you a moment.” Shit what did I do?

  The nurse and Lazarus are still talking about the guy in the photo as Jessica and I walk out. “Tango called. Said he needed to talk to you and Lazarus. I didn’t want to say anything in front of her.”

  “Okay. Thank you baby.” I kiss her deeply.

  “Sara wants to know when you and Lazarus are going to have a tea party with her.”

  “When Lazarus is done.”

  “That could take forever. His legs may not work, but that doesn’t stop him. That is a sight I don’t want to see again.” She laughs.

  “Mommy!” Sara yells. Running to the kitchen, planting her tiny hand on her hips.

  “Sara honey. Is something wrong?” I ask.

  “Where is Azarus? He is was supposed to play with us.”

  “He’s busy right now sweetheart. Want me to play with you guys?” Jessica asks.

  Sara takes Jessica’s hand leading her to her bedroom. I follow. They are just alike even though Jessica and Sara aren’t blood related. I hang back just watching the two most important girls in my life. I’m the luckiest man alive. The papers finally went through and I adopted Sara. She is officially my daughter. Her Grandparents, uncles and her Aunt are supposed to come to visit in a month. She is getting to know them better. She still is shy around them though.

  “Come on Daddy.” Sara grabs my hand leading me to the spot next to her.

  Jessica pours real tea in our cups. We finally learned how to hold our pinkies while we drank our tea. A few minutes later Lazarus and his nurse comes in. Sara jumps up taking a cup to Lazarus. Then one to the nurse. Jessica pours the tea in their cups. We laugh and talk. It isn’t long until Sara starts yawing.

  Jessica and the nurse help Sara clean up the mess while Lazarus and I call Tango. We fill Tango in on the new information. He will be here in two days, he wants to talk to the nurse.

  Lazarus throws the file on the coffee table. “I know you had her checked out, but she was too willing to give info. She didn’t even ask questions.”

  “You think she is here for a reason other than to help with your rehab?”

  “I think so. I want to keep her close. I don’t trust her.”

  “I don’t either. Jessica hasn’t said anything much, but I think she notices something is off.”

  “We all can’t be wrong.”

  “No we can’t.”

  Sara runs in the room climbing up in Lazarus’s lap. “Uncle Azarus. Tell mommy I don’t want to go take a nap. I’m not tired.”

  “Are you trying to get me in trouble?” Lazarus tickles her.

  She giggles. “No.”

  “Sara.” Jessica comes in the room.

  “Shh…Hide me.” Sara says way too loudly. Making herself as small as possible.

  “Sara. Honey if you don’t take your nap you are going to be grumpy.” Jessica brushes Sara’s hair out of her eyes.

  “Please mommy. I won’t. I promise.”

  “Okay. I’ll give you two more minutes.”

  It doesn’t take that long before she falls asleep in Lazarus’s lap. I take her carrying her to her bed.

  I walk out of Sara’s room only to find the nurse going through Lazarus’s personal belongings. The door is cracked open enough for me to see movement. I open the door and she jumps turning around hiding something behind her back. I walk all the way in the room. I snatch her by the arm pulling out the file Lazarus and I had been working on.

  I don’t say anything. I pull her behind me. Lazarus was right. She is a spy. “Look what I found.” I say throwing the file on the coffee table.

  “Oh I wouldn’t want to be in your shoes right now.” Jessica drawls out.

  The nurse looks from me to Lazarus. “I didn’t…”

  “Shut it.” Lazarus narrows his eyes at her. A cold calm comes over him.

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nbsp; The nurse shuts her mouth. I walk over to Jessica. “Honey. You might not want to see this.”

  “Oh I do.” Her eyes are as big as saucers.

  “Honey.” I warn.

  “Fine.” She walks out of the room.

  Lazarus pulls the nurse to him. He’s in her face. Even though he’s in a wheel chair he still looks threatening. She is visibly shaking. “I didn’t do anything.” She starts crying.

  “Who the fuck are you really?” Lazarus grits out.

  “You already k…know.” She stutters.

  “Do I?” Lazarus grabs her by the face.

  “Please. Simon will kill me.”

  “That was fast.” I am so disappointed.

  “Talk.” That one word makes her sing like a canary.

  “Simon hired me to find out where William is being held. He said he would do bad things to me if I didn’t.”

  “Try again.” Lazarus commands.

  “That’s the truth.”

  “No it isn’t.” I walk over taking out the tools we use to scare the shit out of the ones we interrogate. She watches me do this.

  “W…What are you doing?”

  “Getting ready.” I smile my evil smile.

  “Okay, Okay. Simon is my boyfriend. He wanted me to come here and find out where William is being held. I swear that’s it. That’s the truth.” I look to Lazarus. He smiles. “Please don’t hurt me.” She cries.

  “Honey. You are in so much trouble.” Jessica says from the doorway.

  I walk over to her. “Baby. We are working.” I say gently.

  “But…”

  “But nothing.”

  “Where is the fun in not watching?”

  “Woman you have been around Lazarus too damn long.” I usher her back in the kitchen.

  “That’s all I know.” The nurse is saying.

  “Get Tango on the phone.”

  After I relay the message to Tango. Lazarus and I hold the nurse until Tango and Ash arrives. Which isn’t long. Apparently they were already on their way. Tango takes her into custody. I just hope this doesn’t effect Lazarus’s rehab. He doesn’t seem bothered by it, but it wouldn’t hurt for Sylvia to come and talk to him. Jessica is pissed at me for not letting her sit in on the interrogation.

  “I don’t like interrogating women.” Lazarus sighs.

  “Sometimes it can’t be helped.”

  “Yeah. I was hoping she wasn’t like that.”

  “You know Lazarus. I have a niece who’s a nurse. Her name is Camila. She’s twenty-five.” Jessica butts in.

  I laugh. Ever since Jessica has gotten her memory back she has been trying her best to set Lazarus up with her niece. I keep telling her that it’s never going to happen. Lazarus has a lot on his plate right now. She’s stubborn as hell.

  Lazarus laughs. “No thank you. I’ve had my share for a while.”

  She sighs. “She’s coming to visit.”

  This is the first I’ve heard about it. “When?”

  “She’ll be here tomorrow.” Jessica walks out.

  Lazarus laughs. “You are laughing now. You do know she is trying to set you up right?” I point my finger at him. That shut him up.

  “You don’t think… would she do that?”

  “She thinks you’re lonely. One thing I figured out. Is if Jessica thinks she can make you happy, she will do everything she can to make it happen.”

  “Shit. I’m happy. Really.” Lazarus looks stricken. Laughing I make my way to the bedroom.

  I just close my eyes when the phone rings. It takes me a second to realize that Tango is calling. “Hello.”

  “Where is Lazarus?”

  “What? Why?”

  “William escaped.”

  “How?”

  “I don’t know. I’m working on it.”

  “Damn it.” I rush to Lazarus’s room beating down the door.

  I hear shuffling around then he opens the door. “What the hell is wrong with you?”

  “William escaped.” I inform him.

  “How?”

  “We don’t know. Tango wants to talk to you.” I hand Lazarus the phone.

  I pace the room. How the hell did he get away? Where did he go? Where is he headed?

  “Alright we’ll get on it.”

  Lazarus hands me the phone back. “Tango planted a chip on him. The same one they had on Sara to be exact. He wants me to locate William using it.”

  We head to the den. A few minutes later Jessica come in.

  “What’s going on?”

  “William escaped.”

  She covers her mouth with her hand. “I’m going to check on Sara.”

  I let her go. Lazarus and I already had. We thought the same thing. Even though Lazarus is on one side of her room and we are on the other. The security system is stage of the art stuff. I don’t do things half assed. Not when it come to the safety of my girls.

  “Okay he’s still in Mexico.”

  Calling Tango, I let him know that William is still in Mexico and the exact spot he is currently at. “Keep us updated.” I say to Tango.

  “Will do. If his position changes call me.” He hangs up.

  “How the fuck did that happen?” Lazarus grounds out.

  “Wish I knew. At least we can track him.”

  Lazarus sets his jaw. If he ever gets his hands on William there will be nothing Tango or anyone else can do to keep him from doing bodily harm to William. Not only has William destroyed the lives of my girls he has destroyed the life of my best friend.

  Jessica comes back in the room; wrapping her arms around my waist placing her head in the middle of my back. I can feel her breathe out slowly. This will never be over until we catch William and Simon. It feels as if we are running in circles and we aren’t running anymore. No matter what. It has to end.

  Coming soon

  Secret ops. Book 2

  Lazarus’s payback.